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Subject:	Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules
From:	"Peter W. Vakunta" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	African Association of Madison <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:59:42 -0500
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                AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK

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"The G-8 countries do not rule in Africa any longer."
This statement is a good barometer to measure the author's knowledge of the goings-on in postcolonial Africa. How sad!


PETER W.VAKUNTA
DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN 
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
602 VAN HISE HALL
1220 LINDEN DRIVE
MADISON WI 53706-1525
U.S.A
Office  608 262 4067
Home    608 442 6089
Cell    608 381 0407

"The day will come when history will speak... Africa will write its own history... it will be a history of glory and dignity." - Patrice Lumumba



----- Original Message -----
From: VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 8:55 pm
Subject: Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. Aid Rules
To: [log in to unmask]


> *****************************************************************
>  
>  AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
>  
>  Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year:Oct - Sept.
>  
>  Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701
>  Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask]
>  Web: www.AfricanAssociation.org
>  
>  *****************************************************************
>  
>  The G-8 countries do not rule in Africa any longer. 
>  
>  ******************************
>  "In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand 
> carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
>  This took a great deal of time." 
>  
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Peter W. Vakunta" <[log in to unmask]>
>  Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 4:53 pm
>  Subject: Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in U.S. 
> Aid Rules
>  To: [log in to unmask]
>  
>  
>  > *****************************************************************
>  >  
>  >  AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
>  >  
>  >  Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year:Oct - Sept.
>  >  
>  >  Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701
>  >  Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask]
>  >  Web: www.AfricanAssociation.org
>  >  
>  >  *****************************************************************
>  >  
>  >  "The continent of Africa is the richest continent on the planet."
>  >  What's the significant of Africa's natural wealth when the power 
> game 
>  > contraption orchestrated by the G-8 makes it less than possible for 
> 
>  > Africa to survive economically? 
>  >  
>  >  
>  >  
>  >  PETER W.VAKUNTA
>  >  DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN 
>  >  UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
>  >  602 VAN HISE HALL
>  >  1220 LINDEN DRIVE
>  >  MADISON WI 53706-1525
>  >  U.S.A
>  >  Office  608 262 4067
>  >  Home    608 442 6089
>  >  Cell    608 381 0407
>  >  
>  >  "The day will come when history will speak... Africa will write 
> its 
>  > own history... it will be a history of glory and dignity." - 
> Patrice Lumumba
>  >  
>  >  
>  >  
>  >  ----- Original Message -----
>  >  From: VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]>
>  >  Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:59 pm
>  >  Subject: Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up in 
> U.S. 
>  > Aid Rules
>  >  To: [log in to unmask]
>  >  
>  >  
>  >  > *****************************************************************
>  >  >  
>  >  >  AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
>  >  >  
>  >  >  Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year:Oct 
> - Sept.
>  >  >  
>  >  >  Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701
>  >  >  Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask]
>  >  >  Web: www.AfricanAssociation.org
>  >  >  
>  >  >  *****************************************************************
>  >  >  
>  >  >  "This is all that Africa gets from globalization, right?"
>  >  >  
>  >  >  The continent of Africa is the richest continent on the planet. 
> 
>  >  >  
>  >  >  ******************************
>  >  >  "In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be 
> hand 
>  >  > carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
>  >  >  This took a great deal of time." 
>  >  >  
>  >  >  ----- Original Message -----
>  >  >  From: "Peter W. Vakunta" <[log in to unmask]>
>  >  >  Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:33 pm
>  >  >  Subject: Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up 
> in 
>  > U.S. 
>  >  > Aid Rules
>  >  >  To: [log in to unmask]
>  >  >  
>  >  >  
>  >  >  > *****************************************************************
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per 
> year:Oct 
>  > - Sept.
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701
>  >  >  >  Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask]
>  >  >  >  Web: www.AfricanAssociation.org
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  *****************************************************************
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  "The success is noteworthy, but the families’ sacrifices 
> also 
>  >  >  > illustrate the risks of an American food aid system that is 
>  >  > designed 
>  >  >  > to benefit domestic agribusiness and shipping interests and 
>  >  > enmeshed 
>  >  >  > in an intricate framework of farm subsidies.
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  [...]But critics in Congress contend that the United States 
> 
>  > could 
>  >  > 
>  >  >  > feed far more people more quickly if it could buy surplus 
> food 
>  > in 
>  >  >  > Africa. It might also help boost the incomes of African 
> farmers, 
>  > by 
>  >  > 
>  >  >  > providing a market for their crops, they say."
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  This is all that Africa gets from globalization, right?
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  PETER W.VAKUNTA
>  >  >  >  DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN 
>  >  >  >  UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
>  >  >  >  602 VAN HISE HALL
>  >  >  >  1220 LINDEN DRIVE
>  >  >  >  MADISON WI 53706-1525
>  >  >  >  U.S.A
>  >  >  >  Office  608 262 4067
>  >  >  >  Home    608 442 6089
>  >  >  >  Cell    608 381 0407
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >  "The day will come when history will speak... Africa will 
> write 
>  > 
>  >  > its 
>  >  >  > own history... it will be a history of glory and dignity." - 
> 
>  >  > Patrice Lumumba
>  >  >  >  
>  >  >  >
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